The Arboreal Wildlife Project developed from a joint pilot study between The Nature Conervancy and Virginia Tech in 2023, and is now being continued by CWC. This project is the only arboreal camera trapping project in Belize. There is little known on the factors that affect arboreal biodiversity and can possibly hinder biodiversty conservtaion across the landscape. Species like the margay (Leopardus pardalis), Mexican Hairy-dwarf porcupine (Coendou mexicana), and Geoffroy's spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi) that are listed on the IUCN as threatened can benefit from this monitoring intiative, especially in areas with natural resource extraction.
